Toy



March 24, 1942.

s. J. CABANBAN -TOY Filed June 13, 1940 mi N m. 0v M p; f .w w .E 5

Patented Mar. 24, 1942 TET FFICE TOY Severino J. Cabanban, New York, N. Y.

Application June 13, 1940, Serial No. 340,289

1 Claim.

This invention relates to toys. It i particularly directed to a toy which wil1 make a sound like Oh Wow, or the likewhistling sounds.

An object of this invention is to provide a toy of the character described, comprising a hollow shell like member through which a looped cord is passed, the ends of the loops being adapted to be held by the two ends, to permit the shell to be swung round and round to twist the loop, the loop then being pulled in opposite directions to spin the shell in an opposite direction to produce a sound.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a simple, compact and durable toy of the character described which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy to operate, attractive in appearance, and yet practical and emcient to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational View of a toy embodying the invention, and showing the looped cord twisted by swinging the shell while holding the opposite end of the loop;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the toy; and

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the loop untwisted.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, I designates a toy embodying the invention, comprising a hollow shell I I and a looped cord I2. The shell II has an opening I3 at the top. Said shell is somewhat circular in longitudinal crosssection, except for the opening at the top, and is substantially elliptical in a horizontal transverse cross-section.

The shell thus has side walls I4 which are closer together than the distance between the top and bottom. The side walls I4 are interconnected by a wall I5 extending all around from one side of the opening I3 to the other side. The wall I5 is curved and has a radius of curvature smaller than the radius of curvature of the side walls I4. The shell thus somewhat resembles a flattened sphere, with the top out off to form the opening I3.

through openings IT. The tubes may be attached to the shell in any suitable manner, and the shell has openings I8 registering with the bores I! of said tubes.

The shell may be made of Bakelite, metal, or any other suitable rigid or substantially rigid material.

Extending through the openings I I of the tubes I6, is the loop I2, which may be made of any suitable flexible string or cord. The loop extends to opposite sides of the shell and may be of any suitable length.

The operation of the device will now be described:

The player inserts the fingers of his hands into the ends of the loop and swings the shell round and round, to twist the loop as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. After the cord is twisted, the player pulls in opposite directions on the loop to cause the shell to quickly spin in an opposite direction, producing an Oh Wow or whistling sound.

The shell I I continues spinning to twist the loop in an opposite direction. By properly manip- Interconnecting the side walls I4 are a pair of parallel, symmetrically disposed, tubes I6 having ulating the device, the shell can be spun in opposite directions back and forth.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above-invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A toy of the character described comprising a hollow shell having the shape of a flattened sphere with the top out off to form an opening, and forming curved side walls interconnected by a curved wall extending from one side of the opening to the other, the side walls being closer together than the interconnecting Wall, and the radius of transverse curvature of the interconnecting wall being less than the radius of curva ture of the side walls, said side walls each being formed with a pair of symmetrically disposed openings, the openings in one side wall being aligned with the openings in the other side Wall, a, looped cord passing through said openings in the side walls, and spaced, transverse, parallel tubes below the opening in the shell interconnecting said side walls and registering with openings in said side walls.

' SEVERINO J. CABANBAN. 

